THE grandma

no one loves like a grandma can.  a short list of things i love and miss on her first birthday in heaven.

•  a watermelon for supper, but not having any left for supper because you ate the whole thing with your granddaughter in the afternoon.
• waking up to the sound of crackling bacon and the smell of made to order eggs every time you spend the night
• glass bottle milk
• holding the hand of a young girl, afraid to sleep alone
• answering the phone with a yellow and getting off with a mmmmmbye
• hun is the only term of endearment needed
• letting it be known you’ve been by with a couple of crumpled dollar bills and half of  little debbie snack cake left on a pillow
• a love for the opry, hee haw, and y&r
• calves of steel that no naughty child can escape
• saving all the little cups of ice cream from delivered lunches to be ready for entertaining
• a never ending supply of crumpled, pocket, gently used tissues
• that little smirk and twinkle from shared secrets
• knowing dinner isn’t served til the bread is on the table, even if it is slices of wonder
• spending afternoons teaching grandchildren the three r’s before they start school
• not wanting to be the bad guy, so threatening the gkids with a certain aunt….. and knowing it would work even with said aunt half a world away
• never ever tiring of go fish or candy land
• always having change around and available for trips to the drug store for candy

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